{"id":36357,"date":"2010-09-09T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T00:35:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T00:35:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T00:35:17","slug":"why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Would Any Republican Not Want to Repeal Health Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>RUSH: I am inundated with e-mail from people, and please do not take this personally if you are one of the inundators: &#8216;Rush, you gotta tell people, they don\u2019t understand, you gotta make \u2019em understand, you gotta tell \u2019em X, Y, and Z.\u2019 And I start pulling my hair out. I\u2019ve been on 23 years, they understand. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/obama_administration\/daily_presidential_tracking_poll\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125106.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright\"\/><\/a>The American people don\u2019t need to be taught. The people see it all. Now, people that just only watch the mainstream media, fine, I don\u2019t care about them. You\u2019re not going to get to them anyway just like you\u2019re not going to convert a bunch of libs en masse with education by telling them what they misunderstand. The bottom line is in any poll you look at, Obama, Rasmussen approval, 41%. He doesn\u2019t have anywhere near 50% approval anywhere in this country. The people get it. They know what\u2019s going on and in November the people of this country hope to start to remedy things. The problem remains in Washington, and that includes the leadership of any party and those who suckle on it. The American people know far more what needs to change here than even our inside-the-Beltway, smartest-in-the-room guys. <\/p>\n<p>Obama misread his election victory. Just like the Republicans did in 1994, by the way. Obama thought he had a mandate to destroy the private sector, to uproot homeowners, to shutter businesses, massively expand the federal government. And even if he didn\u2019t think he had that mandate he\u2019s going to do it anyway. Washington Republicans are risking misreading an electoral victory as a mandate to manage the massive welfare state that Obama\u2019s expanded. If there are any in the Republican leadership &#8212; and, by the way, there are some, I don\u2019t know who, I can\u2019t name names, but some do not want to repeal health care. Why would they not want to repeal it? Why would any Republican not want to repeal this? Tell me, Snerdley, why would any Republican, pick a name, I don\u2019t know, not want to repeal it? (interruption) No, it\u2019s not politics. Snerdley is saying they don\u2019t want to repeal because Obama\u2019s going to veto it. The people I\u2019m talking about don\u2019t want to repeal it because they want to be able to use the power. It\u2019s the ruling class, Snerdley, I don\u2019t care of what party you\u2019re a member. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got Republicans, not a majority of them, but we\u2019ve got Republicans who are eager to use all of this new federal power as chairmen of committees and so forth. It\u2019s not a majority of them. But they risk misunderstanding what this energy that\u2019s gonna lead to this massive blowout in November is all about and what\u2019s propelling it. You know, there\u2019s nothing wrong with the country. What needs to be shaken up is Washington. What needs to be shaken up is the federal government. Power there needs to be diminished, dispersed, and returned to the people. A lot of people there are fat and happy, media people, elected people, the whole ruling class, they\u2019re happy. They love being senators; they love being congressmen; they love being lobbyists; they love going to the parties thrown by these people. They love running things; they love being in the big clique; they love being thought of as smarter than the average schlub in the country. That\u2019s what needs to be dispersed. <\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: How about this? &#8216;Gov\u2019t: Spending to Rise Under Health Care Overhaul.\u2019 This is from a gobsmacked Associated Press that just can\u2019t figure this out. Everything you instinctively knew during the whole health care debate, everything that all of us instinctively knew now is just being discovered by the supposed really smart people, by the ruling class. This is Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar writing in the AP: &#8216;The nation\u2019s health care tab will go up &#8212; not down &#8212; as a result of President Barack Obama\u2019s sweeping overhaul. That\u2019s the conclusion of a government forecast Thursday, which also predicts the increase will be modest.\u2019 Ah, well, thank you for little favors. This is probably only news to the AP. Everybody else understood from the get-go what was going to happen to health care expenses with Obamacare. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125106.Par.4584.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright\"\/>&#8216;The average annual growth in health care spending will be just two-tenths of 1 percentage point higher through 2019 with Obama\u2019s remake, said the analysis from Medicare\u2019s Office of the Actuary. And that\u2019s with more than 32 million uninsured gaining coverage because of the new law.\u2019 Now, remember, this time last year we were being told by the media and the rest of the Democrats health care reform would save billions. In fact, it was the only way to get the deficit down. We had to pass health care reform. Health care expenses were blowing up our budget. They were leading to the deficit. We had to get this under control and now, (psst!) &#8216;Oh, by the way, health care expenses, going up, government agencies are gonna go up.\u2019 We\u2019re shocked! Now we\u2019re being told it will actually cost just a tiny bit more, but we\u2019re insuring millions more. So by next year the news will be that Obamacare is gonna cost billions more than ever anticipated. This is the way the government cost estimates always go. It will be mitigated by the fact, &#8216;But we are going to insure 32 million more people.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>And, by the way, toward the end of this piece, the AP actually says it\u2019s time to move the health care debate offstage. Yep. Towards the end of this story AP complains the health care debate won\u2019t move offstage, we gotta get it off. I thought it was the crowning achievement. I thought it was the greatest thing that ever happened. Presidents since FDR, whoever the hell else have been trying to get this done and finally the anointed one, The Messiah, the Most Merciful Imam Obama finally got it done, and now his number one supporters wish it would just move offstage? I wonder why they want health care moved offstage. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: I am inundated with e-mail from people, and please do not take this personally if you are one of the inundators: &#8216;Rush, you gotta tell people, they don\u2019t understand, you gotta make \u2019em understand, you gotta tell \u2019em X, Y, and Z.\u2019 And I start pulling my hair out. I\u2019ve been on 23 years, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Would Any Republican Not Want to Repeal Health Care?  - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Why Would Any Republican Not Want to Repeal Health Care?  - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: I am inundated with e-mail from people, and please do not take this personally if you are one of the inundators: &#8216;Rush, you gotta tell people, they don\u2019t understand, you gotta make \u2019em understand, you gotta tell \u2019em X, Y, and Z.\u2019 And I start pulling my hair out. I\u2019ve been on 23 years, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125106.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125106.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125106.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/\",\"name\":\"Why Would Any Republican Not Want to Repeal Health Care? - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-19T00:35:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-19T00:35:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Would Any Republican Not Want to Repeal Health Care?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Would Any Republican Not Want to Repeal Health Care?  - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"Why Would Any Republican Not Want to Repeal Health Care?  - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: I am inundated with e-mail from people, and please do not take this personally if you are one of the inundators: &#8216;Rush, you gotta tell people, they don\u2019t understand, you gotta make \u2019em understand, you gotta tell \u2019em X, Y, and Z.\u2019 And I start pulling my hair out. I\u2019ve been on 23 years, [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125106.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125106.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125106.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/","name":"Why Would Any Republican Not Want to Repeal Health Care? - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2011-05-19T00:35:17+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-19T00:35:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/09\/09\/why_would_any_republican_not_want_to_repeal_health_care\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Would Any Republican Not Want to Repeal Health Care?"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}